Business briefs

■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week. At noon on Jan. 26, the chamber of commerce will met at Froso’s Restaurant.… Continue reading

Unhinged Alaska: The NFL playoffs, non-fan, awareness guide

For the next few weeks, a huge segment of the population will come critically close to OD’ing on saturated fats and cholesterol while becoming so… Continue reading

Students share ideas for solving hunger

Editor’s note: All elementary school students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District were invited by the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank to write a one-page… Continue reading

Learning for Life: Brown bag lunches with style

According to Business News Daily, the average American spends $2,000 on eating lunch out each year. Our wallets aren’t the only thing to suffer when… Continue reading

Hard to love school these days

Several days ago, our paper ran a news story in which Georgia’s 2016 Teacher of the Year told a group in Atlanta that school just… Continue reading

Church News

Nikiski Aglow begins new study Nikiski Aglow will begin a new study by Graham Cooke called “Life Changers” on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. through… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: Thriving in life

This is my first newspaper article of the year. If this were published on the internet, it would be a blog I suppose. I never… Continue reading

Business Briefs

Chambers set schedules ■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will host its annual chamber awards luncheon at noon today at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.… Continue reading

Community News and Notes

Clifford and Abby Struffert announce the births of their daughter, Teresa Pearl “Tess” Struffert, on Dec. 3, 2015 at 3:06 p.m., weighing 7 pounds, 9… Continue reading

Learning for Life: Soils workshops for garden and agriculture

Soils are the building blocks for our gardens and are essential for healthy plant growth. This series of workshops will cover the basics of what… Continue reading

New Year fades to old

The old man in the beard, 2015, has hobbled out of the picture and Baby 2016 has crawled in. Years ago, sometime after I had… Continue reading

Church news

Barton to bring message at Kenai United Methodist Retired United Methodist minister, Lucy Barton, will be bringing the message at the Kenai United Methodist Church… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: New Year’s resolution for Christ

We’ve probably by now heard others or thought yourself a few thoughts on making a good New Year’s resolution for 2016. My mom was great… Continue reading

It is what it is: Fear of ‘The Walking Dead’

OK, I have a fear of commitment.Or maybe I just have a fear of zombies — but a fear of commitment is less embarrassing to… Continue reading

Riley Grace Breakfield

Community News and Notes

Benjamin Alan Breakfield and Kamrie Le’Ann Riley announce the birth of their daughter, Riley Grace Breakfield, at 4:29 a.m. on Dec. 2, 2015. She weighed… Continue reading

Riley Grace Breakfield

Learning for Life: Houseplant renewal

It’s a New Year and your houseplants are hoping for some help surviving the long dark winter.In addition to providing water and light Cooperative Extension… Continue reading

Christmas 2015 was great in our family

The great thing about the holidays, as you know, is when the family, or families, get together to cook and eat and open presents and… Continue reading

Voices of Faith: An angel’s favorite greeting

“What is your greatest or most distressing problem?” If your answer to this question is the same as the majority of those responding to it… Continue reading

Business briefs

■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week. For more information, call 907-262-9814. ■ The Kenai Chamber of Commerce will not meet… Continue reading

Jayden Andrew and Kobu Carl Rodgers Whipple of Kenai shared this photo of their new kitten, Lucy. They say their parents, Andy and Kimberly, adopted Lucy because they wanted a kitten for Christmas. They write, "We really like Lucy and she is a real good kitten."
Jayden Andrew and Kobu Carl Rodgers Whipple of Kenai shared this photo of their new kitten, Lucy. They say their parents, Andy and Kimberly, adopted Lucy because they wanted a kitten for Christmas. They write, "We really like Lucy and she is a real good kitten."